Popular Post Shelby07 Posted February 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2019 Most of the folks at my local cigar lounge know I prefer CCs. The guy who owns it is always on my case (good naturedly - he respects my preferences) about how he always thought they were nothing special. So, last night I was sitting in the lounge and he walked out of the humidor with a RASS and declared he was going to check and see what all of the hullabaloo was about. He keeps his in store humi at about 69%. I mentioned that he was storing them at too high a humidity. I watched him struggle a little to light it, but he got it lit. After a couple on minutes he said it was a good cigar but still didn’t think it was anything special. I watched him smoke it and noticed that he had to relight in the first 1/5th or so. He was also pulling too often just to keep it going. I just happen to have had a RASS in my case that I had brought from home. I keep them at about 62% and it had been in the case for a few hours. So, after I had seen enough (I.e., I couldn’t watch any more) I told him to put it down and gave him the one I had brought with me. He reluctantly put a barely smoked cigar down and lit up the one I gave him. I could immediately see that it lit much easier and produced a lot more smoke. He took a couple of draws and said it was a completely different cigar. After a few minutes, he looked at me and said “you’ve made me a believer.” He had to put it aside for a few minutes several times to take care of customers. When he got back to it he was surprised that it was still burning beautifully. When he was finished with it he said he could finally see what the fuss was about. i know most of the folks here know the difference a lower Rh makes. I just thought it’d be kind of fun to share. 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSmoke Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Great story. I’m a 62% truther as well! It’s amazing how opposed to the idea many of my NC exclusive friends are. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 4 minutes ago, Shelby07 said: I keep them at about 62% You'll shoot your eye out! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward7 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I use a handful of 69% boveda packs in my desktop humidor and in my tupperdor and my digital hygrometers always read about 66%. Maybe it is because neither are air tight and leak or the slightly colder temps - whatever the case, my cigars burn far cleaner than during summer when the temps rise and the humidors register more like 68-71%. I think I’ll do lower RH packs when the temps warm up since I don’t always have my place at a level 70 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby07 Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 43 minutes ago, Edward7 said: I use a handful of 69% boveda packs in my desktop humidor and in my tupperdor and my digital hygrometers always read about 66%. Maybe it is because neither are air tight and leak or the slightly colder temps - whatever the case, my cigars burn far cleaner than during summer when the temps rise and the humidors register more like 68-71%. I think I’ll do lower RH packs when the temps warm up since I don’t always have my place at a level 70 degrees. Might be worthwhile to get a boveda 75% calibration pack and make sure your hydrometer is correct. I always used the salt test but recently calibrated my hydrometer with a boveda pack and found it to have about a 5% error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsubtown Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 9 minutes ago, Shelby07 said: Might be worthwhile to get a boveda 75% calibration pack and make sure your hydrometer is correct. I always used the salt test but recently calibrated my hydrometer with a boveda pack and found it to have about a 5% error. I found that after a month of being open and sealed the Boveda 75% cal pack was worthless. I bought two new Sensorpush units after my first and used the same pack to calibrate. They were showing 6% low. I put the previously calibrated Sensorpush in the bag and it was showing low too. Did the traditional salt method and the numbers were right on. I am not paying money for the Boveda again. It is crazy because they are guaranteed for 3 months after opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cayman17 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Bovedas go dry fast in desk humidors in dry areas. I’m switching back to beads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby07 Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 Agreed. Should probably use fresh. They are cheap enough. edit: referencing the calibration packs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derboesekoenig Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 YESSSS. Love this. This is why I see a lot of "NC snobs" that are CC haters. They have only tried Cubans stored at 70%+ humidity. Just need to give it another shot. I do love converting people though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Good story. I’m in the 64% club... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burningman Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 I didn't believe it either until my own experiences trying to smoke "wet" Cubans and trying dry boxing methods to remedy the issue. Over time I figured out storing Habanos at a lower rh is just more convenient. I'll still dry box a NC here and there but they smoke great for me right out of my cooler. Anyway I shoot for 65rh for CC and keep all my NC at 70rh with good results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jal154 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 20 hours ago, Edward7 said: I use a handful of 69% boveda packs in my desktop humidor and in my tupperdor and my digital hygrometers always read about 66%. Maybe it is because neither are air tight and leak or the slightly colder temps - whatever the case, my cigars burn far cleaner than during summer when the temps rise and the humidors register more like 68-71%. I think I’ll do lower RH packs when the temps warm up since I don’t always have my place at a level 70 degrees. My tupperdor with 9-10 closed boxes 72-73f, 61-62rh with 62% boveda packs. They are 67 gram packs, the size of an index card. I leave 6 packs in. Humidor 50 cigars 72-73f, 61-62rh with 65% boveda packs. They are 60 gram packs. I leave 2 packs in that. Have no control over temps but living in South Florida my house stays at 72-74 f pretty much all year round. i think if I lived back up north I would be using an electric coolador for a steady temperature. It’s got to be tough to keep a steady temp. Up north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMonk Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Very nice story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 21 hours ago, Cayman17 said: Bovedas go dry fast in desk humidors in dry areas. I’m switching back to beads. you can recharge them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cayman17 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 1 hour ago, anton said: you can recharge them I’m too lazy/busy. Beads work much better for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbasCigar Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Great story! I actually made a experiment last week. Smoked 2 siglo II from the same box. One in 69% and one in 62%.. they have been there for 5 weeks and the difference was huge. The 62% one burned better, didn't get as hot and was much sweeter / creamier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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